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SEC Sports Analyst Talks SEC Football Bowl Games
SEC Sports Analyst Jay Holgate discusses the bowl games of Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama with the sports guys at 1400 the Team.  Holgate guarantees an Alabama victory in the BCS Championship Game...

Rivalry Weekend for SEC Football
It’s rivalry weekend.  The final SEC games of the regular season don’t need any more hype but I see this as Upset Weekend... 
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Big SEC Football Games for Week 5
Get your chores done early and the munchies ready because Saturday will be spent in front of the television. This weekend is a huge SEC weekend with four SEC East versus SEC West games. I favor the West in three games and the East in one...
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SEC Football for Week 4
SEC Sports Report has taken an up close look at the SEC football games for Saturday.  Check out how they see the games playing out....
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SEC Football--Biggest Game--Florida Gators Vs Tennessee Volunteers
ATLANTA, Ga—It’s a rainy night in Georgia.  It has been raining all week, and it looks like the South will be wet for SEC football weekend 3.  Funny thing about the rain is that it can change the outcome of a football game.  Turnovers tend to happen more frequently.  Anything can happen....
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SEC East Predictions and Coaches to Watch in 2009
SEC Sports Report--If you want to know about a team, look at the coaches first. I listen to what they are saying and what kind of moves are they making and here is how it should play out in 2009...
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The Florida Gators Are Great But Won't Go Undefeated in 2009
SEC SPORTS REPORT--The magnitude of being a consensus pre-season #1 team is like a curse.  It’s a lot of extra pressure.  The bar has been set very high and people expect huge success which is hard to do week in and week out.  The game is tough enough to play with excellence consistently.  More media, more fans, more enemies.  The additional pressure will hurt team dynamics.
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SEC Football Moves into Prime Time Television Exposure with ESPN Deal
With the ESPN deal, the SEC just got elevated to a higher status, and everybody else moved down.  Of course, High school football players want to be on television when they go to college.  The best chance to be on the ESPN highlights is to play in an ESPN game.  So recruiting will largely favor SEC schools quickly.
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[ In Tennis ]
Roger and Mirka Federer and their twin girls head to Montreal
Federer and his wife, Mirka, are each holding one of the babies and smiling at them in the picture. Federer said it was taken by his father. Charlene Riva and Myla Rose were born July 23 on what Federer said was the best day of his life....
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Foot Work and My Painful Heel
Any Tennis pro will tell you that to hit a solid shot with good form you need good foot work.  Good foot work comes from being in shape, playing a lot of tennis, and not having pain in your feet and ankles ...
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